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El presidente Barack Obama anunció el nombramiento de Craig Fugate como nuevo jefe de la Agencia Federal de Gestión de Emergencias, FEMA. Al anunciar la designación, Obama dijo que Fugate, que hasta ahora era el responsable de la repuesta ante...Tags: Bill Gates, Apple iPhone, Michael Bloomberg, Barack Obama, FEMA
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Britain's PA Sport sells SportsTicker to rival STATS, a News Corp.-AP venture
LONDON (AP) — PA Sport, a sports news agency, said Friday it has agreed to sell its SportsTicker service to STATS LLC, a U.S.-based global sports information provider co-owned by News Corp. and The Associated Press. PA Sport did not disclose how...Tags: Associated Press, NHL, Baseball, News Corp., NFL
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Microsoft tweaks Windows 7 settings for Web browser in possible bid to stave off EU action
AP Technology WriterSEATTLE (AP) — A single check box deep in the guts of the next version of Windows is giving Microsoft Corp. watchers a peek at how the software maker plans to keep European antitrust regulators from marring a crucial software launch. Windows 7, the...Tags: Associated Press, Google Inc., Computing and Information Technology, Mass Media, Software Industry
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Jobless rate bolts to 8.1%; 651K jobs lost
AP Economics WriterWASHINGTON (AP) -- The nation's unemployment rate bolted to 8.1 percent in February, the highest since late 1983, as cost-cutting employers slashed 651,000 jobs amid a deepening recession. Both figures were worse than analysts expected and the Labor...Tags: Unemployment, General Motors Corp., Barack Obama, Business, Layoffs and Downsizing
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A farewell to jobs
According to a recently released poll, 32 percent of Americans are crazy. At least, that's how I read the data. What the poll, conducted by Associated Press-GfK Roper Public Affairs and Media, found is that an astonishing 32 percent of those surveyed...Tags: Starbucks Corp., Unemployment, Associated Press, Employers, Employees
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Some newcomers to unemployment caught off guard to learn those benefit checks are taxable
AP Personal Finance WriterCHICAGO (AP) — Some Americans are learning a jarring lesson about unemployment as they prepare their tax returns. At a time when the newly laid-off are swelling unemployment rolls to record numbers, the painful surprise for many is that jobless...Tags: Unemployment, National Government, Associated Press, Personal Income, Income Tax
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US billionaire shrugs off satellite debris concerns ahead of space tourism flight
Associated Press WriterSTAR CITY, Russia (AP) — A U.S. billionaire who is making his second flight to the international space station said Thursday he was not worried about the debris that last month's satellite collision sent hurtling through space. Hungarian-born...Tags: Associated Press, Trips and Vacations, Space Programs
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Ted Kennedy's (honorary) knighthood
The Swampby Mark Silva He will not be "Sir Ted,'' but he will receive an honorary knighthood: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown today is announcing the honor for the ailing Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass), known in Britain for his advocacy of......Tags: Movies, Elton John, Rudy Giuliani, Diana, Princess of Wales, Imperial and Royal Matters
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What about stimulating innovation?
Reid Hoffman is founder and chief executive of LinkedIn. This is from The Washington Post.As the $787 billion stimulus is sorted out, we should consider not only what's there but also what's missing. The stimulus finances important development of infrastructure, renewable energy and scientific research, which is great for jobs in the short-...Tags: FedEx Corporation, Interior Policy, Invention and Innovation, Barack Obama, Intel Corp.
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Microsoft to swap Live Search brand for Japanese word for spider, or cloud
AP Technology WriterSEATTLE (AP) — Microsoft Corp. has said marketing teams were hard at work fixing the company's Web search image. As a brand, Live Search wasn't working. But Kumo? What? Microsoft's search team posted a screen shot of a redesigned search site,...Tags: Associated Press, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc.
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Britain awards honorary knighthood to Sen. Edward Kennedy
Associated Press WriterLONDON (AP) — He won't be allowed to call himself Sir Ted, but U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy has been awarded an honorary knighthood by Britain. Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced the honor Wednesday during an address to a joint session of Congress...Tags: National Government, Associated Press, Movies, Rudy Giuliani, Imperial and Royal Matters
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EU says it no longer needs full-time antitrust monitor for Microsoft
BRUSSELS (AP) — Microsoft got a reward for good behavior from European Union regulators on Wednesday when they ended close checks on the company's compliance with a 2004 antitrust order. The European Commission said it no longer needed a full-...Tags: European Union, Associated Press, Antitrust Issues
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